Comme des Garcons and Apple Corps Ltd. – the London-based company that manages the legacy and musical catalog of the British band – are teaming up to launch a new collection of bags under The Beatles/Comme des Garcons label, with the first styles slated to debut mid-November at Dover Street Market, Kawakubo’s multi-brand emporium in London, and Gyre in Tokyo, with additional distribution to follow. While details were scarce at press time, the deal with Apple Corps is a long-term one, and could see Kawakubo also design other items such as T-shirts.”

”I met Lady Gaga backstage at Marc Jacobs and introduced myself. She was wearing a ferociously studded mask and insisted on kissing my cheek, which almost blinded me. Gaga really makes such an effort just for a simple meeting in the office. She was wearing Philip Treacy’s hat with Vogue written on it when she came to see Anna, and when she came to see me the next day she had sprayed her hair red. I was really amused and flattered.” [VOGUE DAILY]

”When they were filming together in a shopping arcade in Lausanne, a woman in a fur coat came up while Bardot was acting; spat full in her face and screamed – ‘You are undermining the bourgeoisie!’ Who has that power today?” [THE GUARDIAN]

”Do you know anyone who wants to be a seamstress? Do you know anyone who wants to be a tailor? I don’t either. But I do know many people who want to be models, and not only models, but supermodels. This is the game today: Be famous, and do it really, really fast.” [WWD]

”I think that magazines overall are becoming glossier and glossier and because of retouching, photographers’ work is becoming more homogenized. Looking at magazines you often see who’s done the retouching before you figure out who the photographer is. With Love, I am trying to use more personalities — rather than models — and don’t want to retouch too much.”